BJP lashes out at TMC over request to meet President, accuses party of evidence tampering

West Bengal’s BJP brass took to the podium on Thursday and let rip at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for its sudden push to meet President Droupadi Murmu and Governor R.N. Ravi. The tone was anything but diplomatic – the party called the TMC’s move “ironic” and hinted that it was a cover‑up.

Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, a key voice in the criticism, reminded everyone how, back when the BJP was in opposition, it too had to knock on the Governor’s door after TMC‑led attacks. “We were mocked then,” he said, “and now it’s the TMC that’s knocking.”

Adding fuel to the fire, BJP MP Rahul Sinha leveled serious accusations at TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. According to Sinha, Banerjee allegedly ordered the removal of files from his Camac Street office, a stunt meant to destroy incriminating evidence. “He then tried to distract everyone by seeking an appointment with the President,” Sinha argued, insisting that a police probe would soon expose the truth.

Not everyone in the BJP bought the theory of a grand conspiracy. State General Secretary Locket Chatterjee brushed aside any suggestion that BJP workers were involved, pointing instead to “infighting” within the TMC. “The party is fractured; it’s its own people causing the mess,” she said, adding that the TMC was merely chasing sympathy.

The TMC, for its part, filed letters on Thursday morning to both the President and the Governor, demanding urgent meetings. The party said it wanted to discuss what it described as “systematic misuse” of the police and a worsening law‑and‑order situation after the alleged assault on its Camac Street office.

Speaking to reporters, TMC MP Derek O’Brien explained that the letters sought separate audiences in Delhi and Kolkata. He painted a grim picture of four months of “open lawlessness,” with videos supposedly showing the early‑morning raid and with party workers allegedly targeted across the state.

O’Brien also accused the police of acting like “BJP cadres,” suggesting a partisan bias that, in his view, had turned the police force into a tool of political repression.

Abhishek Banerjee himself alleged that armed men, identified as BJP workers, stormed the Camac Street premises in the early hours, smashing equipment and assaulting staff. He complained that Kolkata Police did not respond for nearly two hours, despite repeated pleas from party members and lawyers. “It was a blatant defiance of the rule of law,” Banerjee said, demanding arrests of those responsible.

The back‑and‑forth has added another layer to an already heated political showdown in the state, as both sides prepare for the upcoming 2026 West Bengal assembly elections. While the BJP banks on exposing alleged TMC misdeeds, the Trinamool claims it is merely defending democratic norms against a hostile opposition.